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Auer, LM; Schneider, GH; Auer, T.
Computerized tomography and prognosis in early aneurysm surgery.
J Neurosurg. 1986; 65(2):217-221
Doi: 10.3171/jns.1986.65.2.0217
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- A study of computerized tomography (CT) scans was performed in a consecutive series of 100 patients with ruptured saccular cerebral aneurysms who were admitted, diagnosed, and operated on within 72 hours after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and treated with calcium antagonists. The aneurysms were in the anterior portion of the circle of Willis in 95% of patients and in the posterior portion in 5%; 12% had multiple aneurysms. Preoperative neurological grades according to Hunt and Hess were I to III in 74% of patients and IV or V in 26%. Subarachnoid hemorrhage as determined by CT scanning was minor in 20%, moderate in 43%, and severe in 37% of patients. All patients received intraoperative and postoperative administration of the calcium antagonist nimodipine. Three days postoperatively, SAH (as measured by CT) was significantly reduced in the majority of patients but was still moderate in 18%. In the postoperative course, 2% of patients developed delayed ischemic neurological symptoms due to vasospasm. In two additional patients, ischemic symptoms were transient and fully reversible. At the 6-month follow-up interval, a significant prognostic difference was found between two patient groups with different CT scan findings. Among the patients with SAH only, the rate of good outcome (no or minimal deficit) was 93% when the preoperative neurological Grade was I or II; but even with a Grade of III to V, there was a good outcome in 84% of patients. By contrast, in patients with additional intracerebral and/or intraventricular hemorrhage, the good-outcome rate was only 44%. From these data it is concluded that morphological preoperative CT findings are of prognostic value and may even be superior to clinical grading in predicting outcome.
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